Event Details
Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day 2025
The theme of International Women’s Day 2025 is #AccelerateAction. Inclusion is the pathway to creating a world that welcomes everyone. As a society, it’s crucial that we not only embrace but actively promote inclusion across various aspects of life, including well-being, employment, technology, sports, and social leadership. Inclusion involves ensuring impartial treatment, providing equal opportunities, and unrestricted access for all individuals. A key aspect is recognising the existing advantages and barriers that have hindered women, in particular, from participating and progressing in various domains.
Agenda
8:00am – Arrival, registration, networking breakfast
8:30am – Opening remarks and Keynote speech 1 – Dr Gaynor Jeffery OBE, Director for Core Policy Delivery and European Region, Department for Business and Trade (DBT) UK
9:20am – Panel 1: Enhancing financial inclusion and bridging gender gaps in trade amidst global challenges
- Neha Noronha, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Trade and Supply Chain Finance Programme (TSCFP)
- Daniela Barrdear, Counsel, Sullivan
- Nathalie Louat, Global Director, Trade and Supply Chain Finance, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Moderator: Pamela Mar, Editorial Board Member, Trade Finance Global (TFG), Managing Director, ICC Digital Standards Initiative (ICC DSI)
10:00am – Panel 2: Managing the fickle energy transition: An action plan for 2025
- Gayatri Desai, Managing Director & Head, Energy Transition & Natural Resources, CIBC
- Josephine Pletts, Senior Vice President, Energy, DNB
- Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man
- Alexia Boutin-Somnolet, Senior Vice President, Lenders Solutions Group Leader – Europe, Marsh
- Moderator: Louise Shaw, Partner, Energy & Infrastructure Corporate Finance, EY
10:40am – Break
11:00am – Keynote speech 2: Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary General, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
11:15am – Panel 3: Accelerating a sustainable and digital trade revolution in trade, treasury, and payments
- Shona Tatchell, Director of the EBRD Trade Facilitation Program
- Rona Nisar, Deputy General Counsel, STX
- Emmanuelle Ganne, Chief of Digital Trade and Frontier Technologies, World Trade Organisation
- Moderator: Catherine Lang-Anderson, Editorial Board Member, Trade Finance Global (TFG) and Partner, A&O Shearman
11:55am – Keynote speech 3: Sarah Murrow, Head of Women in Credit Insurance, ICISA; CEO, Allianz Trade UK & Ireland
12:10am – Roundtable discussions
- Greening the commodities chain and supporting the renewables transition – Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man & Catherine Lang-Anderson, Partner, A&O Shearman
- Outlook for digital trade at the WTO – Emmanuelle Ganne, Chief of Digital Trade and Frontier Technologies, World Trade Organization (WTO) & Noreen Cesareo, Executive Vice-President, OWIT International, OWIT UK
- Tailored approaches to gender inclusion in emerging markets – Ankita Pandey, Relationship Manager, Asian Development Bank (ADB) & Neha Noronha, Relationship Manager, ADB
- Shipping, commodities, and trading. How do we futureproof the industry for the next generation? – Clara Segret, Marketing and Event Manager, Commodity Thursdays & Eleanor Hill, Editorial Board Member, TFG
- Launching initiatives that work: Public-private partnerships that drive trade and supply chain finance in emerging and developing markets – Shona Tatchell, Head of Trade Facilitation Programme, EBRD
12:55pm – Charity partner presentation: Sebby’s Corner
1:00pm – Working lunch and networking / extended roundtables
2:00pm – Roundtable discussions
- Financing sustainability in emerging markets – Clarine Christina Johanna Stenfert, Global Trade Finance Head and Head UK, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency & Harsha Mehta, EMEA Trade Risk Distribution, Citi
- Accelerating public-private partnership: Are we making trade, treasury, and payments accessible and open to all? – Makiko Toyoda, Head of Global Trade and Supply Chain Finance, IFC & Nathalie Louat, Director Global Trade and Supply Chain Finance, IFC
- Corporate treasury in 2030 – Eleanor Hill, Editorial Board Member, Trade Finance Global (TFG)
- Payments track: How to approach DE&I for payments – Carleen Hadley, Executive Liaison Europe Council, BAFT & Joy MacKnight, Independent
- Frank conversations around the digitalisation of trade documents – Sarah Green, D2 Legal
3:00pm – Closing session and networking drinks
4:00pm – Close
4:30pm – Commodity Thursdays drinks
If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities for our 2025 event, please contact us at wittp@tradefinanceglobal.com.
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